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Spanos family could be worth almost $5 billion
It's amazing how the Chargers are promoting themselves to the LA market, notably on KFI which carries their games. They are saying that the fans need to enjoy StubHub while they can, before the team moves to the new palacio in Inglewood. Why? Oh, StubHub is more "intimate" and the stands are closer to the action. Superficially, at least, the club seems to be doing about as well in LA as could be hoped for. They had a good season, and they claim to be filling the seats (all 27,000 of them.) Will the Spanos gang finally sell the team? We've all speculated about that for a long time, and wondered if the family could manage to make the franchise worth much more. Both could happen.— June 7, 2018 7:37 a.m.
Spanos family could be worth almost $5 billion
And it is a short step for an owner to affect the outcome. I know they have to be careful, very careful, but some coaching moves can affect the score. Go for a TD and come up short, or take a sure-thing field goal? That sort of thing can, in aggregate, be used to advantage over a season.— June 6, 2018 4:21 p.m.
Tronc eludes John Lynch’s embrace
The drawn-out purchase of the papers by Soon-Shiong looks less likely to actually close with each passing day. The papers themselves reported the "sale" as if it was final when it was anything but final. Then he showed up to talk to the employees and was treating it as a done deal. Well, it ain't over until the fat lady sings (i.e. the money transfers), and we're still waiting. While it looks as if Lynch and cronies are not going to pull off their scheme, I'm not convinced that we'll ever see the sale go through as previously reported.— June 6, 2018 7:48 a.m.
No more Bunch-a-Lunch, Mojo potatoes
I'm quite familiar with that intersection, and it never registered with me that there was a Shakey's there. Actually, I thought they had gone out of business years ago. The interior decor was classic pizzeria: dark, rustic, picnic tables, and some sort of entertainment at some times of the week. How many joints and chains had that same decor in the 60's?— June 5, 2018 3:37 p.m.
Cannabis church sues city of San Diego
The contorted logic of this suit is not anything that I can follow. For the past several years, the pot shops and growers have been saying that since the state allows the stuff, the feds need to stay out of it. Sessions now appears ready crack down and enforce the federal prohibition on weed. Now these operators file a suit and invoke the supremacy clause of the Constitution to get a judge to stop the city from exercising its controls, as defined by state law. Do they really want the feds shutting them down and sending them to prison? Of course not. This would appear, then, to be an attempt to muddy the waters enough that nobody gets around to regulating them, collecting taxes, or keeping the stuff out of the wrong hands. Calling the place a church must be their idea of getting around the federal laws and the state laws. Good luck with that.— June 4, 2018 3:13 p.m.
Rincon-related mobster DiFronzo dies
Navarro might have been far better off to stay above the fray. (And let someone else remind the voters about Silberman.) It was a big scandal, and somehow, not a splash of mud landed on her.— June 3, 2018 2:36 p.m.
Rincon-related mobster DiFronzo dies
As I look at the photo of "The Susan" and Silberman, I chuckle. I got to know Susan in the late 70's when she was selling advertising in a start-up weekly newspaper in Del Mar which was owned by her then-boyfriend. At that time she was cute, lively, and obviously bright. A decade later when she was holding hands with Dastardly Dick in front of the courthouse, she had gained mucho weight, and the shoulder-padded coat (1980's fashion that has mercifully passed from the scene) and certainly didn't look happy. Rather than hold his hand for a photo, I'd think she would have liked to have her hands around his throat. But the local media and power structure gave her a pass on the matter, without being sure of what she knew and didn't know. Silberman spent a mint getting her elected to the board of supervisors, and many who claimed to know him said that he was trying to recoup his wealth by laundering money. Despite the fallout that would usually result, she managed to win two terms as mayor, and made a mess of many things in the city.— June 3, 2018 9:42 a.m.
Bird traps out all weekend at Mission Beach
IMHO, nothing motorized except scooters for the handicapped should be on sidewalks. Bicycles should not be on sidewalks, except in a few special situations. Skateboards can wreak havoc with pedestrians. How about sidewalks and boardwalks being for those who WALK? If there is a need for wheeled vehicles, they get their own lanes. This harassment of tourists and beachgoers with citations for not having a helmet is all about revenue and making it hard on them, not on safety. There are times when I wonder why anyone thinks of San Diego as a place to visit. The high room rates, steep admission prices for the Zoo and Sea World, expensive yet mediocre tourist restaurants, etc. are a turnoff. Add to that traffic and parking tickets that run into the hundreds of dollars, and it's a real wonder.— June 2, 2018 12:23 p.m.
Convention center donor's styrofoam agenda
Those clamshell food containers can be most convenient; every time I toss one into the trash, I cringe. There's gotta be a better way to handle take-out (and often stay-in) food. But the restaurateurs love them. Big and compartmented, they are a dream. No dish-washing required, hence no health inspectors complaining about sanitation. What will it come to if those are outlawed?— June 1, 2018 5:26 p.m.
Rincon-related mobster DiFronzo dies
Alan Glick? He came out of nowhere, was noted for a time, and we haven't heard of him for a very long time.— June 1, 2018 5:16 p.m.